I Got up at 4:30 today and took the 5:19 train to get to Shinagawa by 6:00. T
here I met up with 4 other people that I invited to join, we checked in and headed to the bus. They had a couple large tour buses and they drove us out to Chiba, about 40 min out of Tokyo in the country. There were about 100 people. We arrived in Chiba around 7:00 at a large lot near the water. As people came off the bus, they were checked out and if the staff thought it was necessary they were provided with Nike shoes, shirts, and shorts. I guess they were ok with what I was wearing so didn't get anything but about half of the people there were wearing new shoes. They gave us all white earbuds so 
it looked like we were listening to iPods. There was a long strip taped on the ground that everyone lined up on and they messed around with the position of people for a while while checking the lighting and setting up the shot. There were about 10 people that just helped with directing people on what to do and they had 3 cameras. There was a cherry-picker truck that they used to get a high angle shot, a camera set up on the ground, and a handheld that they used for some other shots. When they called action we acted like we were stretching and getting ready to run, then they 
counted down and we all ran. We did about 20 different takes with different timing and different things. It was pretty cold in the morning but warmed up as the day went on. They had us pose on the line in a running stance for about 20 minutes or so while they took pictures and got some footage. Holding that position really hurt! They gave us lunch and we did some other things and headed back.
here I met up with 4 other people that I invited to join, we checked in and headed to the bus. They had a couple large tour buses and they drove us out to Chiba, about 40 min out of Tokyo in the country. There were about 100 people. We arrived in Chiba around 7:00 at a large lot near the water. As people came off the bus, they were checked out and if the staff thought it was necessary they were provided with Nike shoes, shirts, and shorts. I guess they were ok with what I was wearing so didn't get anything but about half of the people there were wearing new shoes. They gave us all white earbuds so 
it looked like we were listening to iPods. There was a long strip taped on the ground that everyone lined up on and they messed around with the position of people for a while while checking the lighting and setting up the shot. There were about 10 people that just helped with directing people on what to do and they had 3 cameras. There was a cherry-picker truck that they used to get a high angle shot, a camera set up on the ground, and a handheld that they used for some other shots. When they called action we acted like we were stretching and getting ready to run, then they 
counted down and we all ran. We did about 20 different takes with different timing and different things. It was pretty cold in the morning but warmed up as the day went on. They had us pose on the line in a running stance for about 20 minutes or so while they took pictures and got some footage. Holding that position really hurt! They gave us lunch and we did some other things and headed back.After getting home I took a shower and headed to Shibuya to meet up 
with a friend. We headed to a Izakaya style restaurant, which is a Japanese style bar/restaurant called Yu-Syoku Higashiyama-an. Long name but it was a cool place. To enter the place you had to go down some stairs with bamboo on either side and through a sliding door. They had a counter to sit at with water running down the wall and private tables with a shade that the server would open and close when they brought food or took your order. After we headed to Karaoke and then I went home and got some sleep.
with a friend. We headed to a Izakaya style restaurant, which is a Japanese style bar/restaurant called Yu-Syoku Higashiyama-an. Long name but it was a cool place. To enter the place you had to go down some stairs with bamboo on either side and through a sliding door. They had a counter to sit at with water running down the wall and private tables with a shade that the server would open and close when they brought food or took your order. After we headed to Karaoke and then I went home and got some sleep.
2 comments:
Finally living out your dreams of being in TV commercials, I see! Fun.
Mark! That is so cool! Your dad told me to check out your blog yesterday at Praise Band and I am glad I did! Hope you are doing well and having a blast over there--sounds like you are! :)
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